Canadian Blog Awards

The Results of the 2011 Canadian Blog Awards

jkleiman — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 18:13:45 +0000

Thank you to everybody who voted this year and helped to spread the word about the awards. It has been a great contest as always, and I look forward to next year’s race.

UPDATE: Badges have been created by Rhonda from Sync Blog – see the bottom of the post if you have won.

UPDATE: All winners are entitled to $100 towards FeeFixer.com. Runners up are entitled to $25 towards FeeFixer.com. If you are a winner or a runner up, please send an email to CDNBA@FeeFixer.com and you will be given a promo code.

The Winners of the 2011 Canadian Blog Awards are as follows:

Best Overall

Corner Brooker – www.CornerBrooker.com – 314 Votes (34.35%)
Mommy Kat and Kids – www.MommyKatandKids.com – 200 Votes (21.88%)
The Toque Girls – ToqueGirls.com – 187 Votes (20.46%)
Rolling Around in my Head – davehingsburger.blogspot.com – 146 (15.97%)
KD Faustino – TheGirlWiththeMessyHair.com – 36 (3.94%)

Best Science and Technology Blog

IPhone in Canada – www.iphoneincanada.ca – 283 Votes (58.47%)
Sync – www.Sync-Blog.com – 181 Votes (37.4%)
Mark Evans Tech – www.markevanstech.com – 16 Votes (3.31%)

Best Sports Blog

Rod Pedersen – www.RodPedersen.com – 287 Votes (62.8%)
RotoRob – www.RotoRob.com – 51 Votes (11.16%)
Straight from the Arse – www.StraightFromTheArse.com – 48 Votes (10.5%)
Rider Prophet – www.RiderProphet.com – 46 Votes (10.07%)
5th Line Centre – 5thlinecentre.wordpress.com – 25 Votes (5.47%)

Best Blog Post

Sync – http://www.sync-blog.com/sync/2011/10/top-7-facebook-profile-pictures-that-epically-fail.html – 153 Votes (37.23%)
The Seated View – http://theseatedview.blogspot.com/2011/04/sensitive-to-d-word.html – 111 Votes (27.01%)
XOXO Jes – http://www.xoxojes.com/2011/09/dont-ask-me-again-why-i-hate-nickelback.html – 56 Votes (13.63%)
Calling Shotgun – http://ringkeeper.blogspot.com/2011/02/in-defense-of-coolth.html – 48 Votes (11.68%)
Half Soled Boots – http://halfsoledboots.blogspot.com/2011/09/peace-be-with-you.html – 43 Votes (10.46%)

Best New Blog

Mr. Fabulous – www.immrfabulous.com – 197 Votes (61.37%)
The Fighting Newfoundlander – thefightingnews.wordpress.com – 47 Votes (14.64%)
Wagga Adventure – www.waggaadventure.com – 41 Votes (12.77%)

Best Personal Blog

Rolling Around in my Head – davehingsburger.blogspot.com – 106 Votes (38.55%)
Sleeping is for Losers – www.SleepingisforLosers.com – 63 Votes (22.91%)
Girl with the Cane – www.GirlWithTheCane.com – 47 Votes (17.09%)
The Girl with the Messy Hair – www.TheGirlWiththeMessyHair.com – 38 Votes (13.82%)
Cut the Chatter Red Two – www.CutTheChatter.com – 21 Votes (7.64%)

Best Blog about Art, Crafts, Cooking and Other Creative Activities

The Grumpy Goat Gallery – thegrumpygoatgallery.blogspot.com – 168 Votes (61.76%)
Project: Priceless – www.projectpriceless.blogpost.com – 66 Votes (24.26%)
Ali Does It Herself – alidoesit.wordpress.com – 20 Votes (7.35%)
Yarn Harlot – www.yarnharlot.ca – 18 Votes (6.62%)

Best Culture and Literature Blog

Mike’s Bloggity Blog – mikesbloggityblog.com – 68 Votes (38.86%)
Steampuk Scholar – steampunkscholar.blogspot.com – 49 Votes (28%)
Calling Shotgun – ringkeeper.blogspot.com – 49 Votes (28%)
Praxis Theatre – praxistheatre.com – 5 Votes (2.86%)

Best Political Blog

Sir Robert Bond Papers – BondPapers.blogspot.com – 57 Votes (41.61%)
The Fighting Newfoundlander – TheFightingNewf.Wordpress.com – 42 Votes (30.66%)
Dawg’s Blawg – drdawgsblawg.ca – 25 Votes (18.25%)
Impolitical – impolitical.blogspot.com – 7 Votes (5.11%)
GritChik – gritchik.wordpress.com – 6 (4.38%)

Best Family Blog

Listen to Lena! – ListentoLena.com – 205 Votes (48.93%)
Mommy Kat and Kids – www.mommykatandkids.com – 194 Votes (46.3%)
Urban Mommies – www.UrbanMommies.com – 14 Votes (3.34%)
Masalamommas – www.masalamommas.com – 4 Votes (0.95%)

Best Religion and Philosophy Blog

Taste and see… – momjeans80.blogspot.com – 49 Votes (26.92%)
Canadian Athiest – www.canadianathiest.com – 44 Votes (24.18%)
Whatever He Says – WhateverHeSays.blogspot.com – 43 Votes (23.63%)
Bene Diction Blogs on – www.BenedictionBlogsOn.com – 37 Votes (20.33%)
Feminist Christian Socialist – feministchristian.blogspot.com – 9 Votes (4.95%)

Best Popular Culture Blog

XOXO Jes – www.XOXOJes.com – 53 Votes (44.54%)
Life’s a Blog – www.LifesaBlog.ca – 53 Votes (44.54%)
All Ears – allearsblog.blogspot.com – 10 Votes (8.4%)
Miss Manifesto – MissManifesto.com – 3 Votes (2.52%)

Best Feminism Blog

Feminist Figure Girl – feministfiguregirl.com – 56 Votes (38.62%)
Gender Focus – gender-focus.com – 51 Votes (35.17%)
DAMMIT JANET! – scathinglywrongrightwingnutz.blogspot.com – 23 Votes (15.86%)
Anti-Choice is Anti-Awesome – antichoiceantiawesome.blogspot.com – 13 Votes (8.97%)

Best GBLT Blog

Slap Upside the Head – www.slapupsidethehead.com – 304 Votes (80%)
Screw Bronze – elizabethmcclung.blogspot.com – 47 Votes (12.37%)
Bi Married Mafia – bimarriedandhonest.blogspot.com – 26 Votes (6.84%)

Best Food and Drink Blog

Well Fed Flat Broke – emvandee.wordpress.com – 78 Votes (30.95%)
EC’s Blog – Elspethcopeland.ca/index.php/ecs-blog – 73 Votes (28.97%)
The Mindful Table – www.mindfultable.ca – 66 Votes (26.19%)
As Ink Remains – asinkremains.com – 18 Votes (7.14%)
All Does It – alidoesit.wordpress.com – 17 Votes (6.75%)

Best Humour Blog

Mr. Fabulous – www.immrfabulous.com – 69 Votes (39.66%)
XOXO Jes – www.XOXOJes.com – 57 Votes (32.76%)
Feminist Figure Girl – feministfiguregirl.com – 46 Votes (26.44%)

Best Professional Life Blog

On Product Management – www.OnProductManagement.com 13 92.86%
Your Workplace – www.YourWorkplace.com 1 7.14%

Best Law Blog

Feminist Figure Girl – feministfiguregirl.com    8    72.73%
Youth and Work – youthandwork.blogspot.com    2    18.18%
Halls of Macadamia – hallsofmacadamia.blogspot.com    1    9.09%

Best Health Blog

Screw Bronze! – elizabethmcclung.blogspot.com    45    81.82%
Losing it in Ottawa – www.losingitottawa.com    5    9.09%
Alfred Lives Here – www.alfredliveshere.com    5    9.09%

Best Collaborative/Multi-Author Blog

Canadian Atheist – CanadianAtheist.com    31    60.78%
DAMMIT JANET! – scathinglywrongrightwingnutz.blogspot.com    16    31.37%
Sister Sage’s Musings – sistersagesmusings.ca    3    5.88%

Best Music Blog

All Ears – allearsblog.blogspot.com 13 92.86%
Indie Music Filter – www.indiemusicfilter.com 1 7.14%

Best French Language Blog

500khz – 500khz.wordpress.com 13 100%

- Jonathan Kleiman

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Badges (special thanks to Rhonda from Sync Blog)

The Polls, and Clarification

jkleiman — Mon, 26 Dec 2011 15:45:54 +0000

Here are the polls for the final round, to save you from having to scroll down so far (thanks Dave). Voting ends January 20, 2012.

You can only vote once this year, which will save everybody lots of time and will make your one vote really mean something. It’s easy to share the polls individually, or they can be embedded right onto your blog. You’ll find info on the poll’s page itself.

Please ‘like’ the Canadian Blog Awards on Facebook for updates and to help spread the word.

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The Polls:

Best Overall

Best Science and Technology Blog

Best Blog about Art, Crafts, Cooking and Other Creative Activities

Best Culture and Literature Blog

Best Political Blog

Best Family Blog

Best Religion and Philosophy Blog

Best Popular Culture Blog

Best Feminism Blog

Best GBLT Blog

Best Food and Drink Blog

Best Humour Blog

Best Professional Life Blog

Best Law Blog

Best Health Blog

Best Collaborative/Multi-Author Blog

Best Music Blog

Best French Language Blog

Results are in for Round 1! Voting for the Final Round of the 2011 Canadian Blog Awards Begins!

jkleiman — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 15:44:23 +0000

The results for Round 1 of the 2011 Canadian Blog Awards are in!

Voting begins for the Final Round immediately! (see our Facebook Page, or the bottom of this post)

These results are only for Round 1. No winners have been selected yet. I have included the voting numbers so you can see just how much support certain blogs will need to win. Blogs needed at least 2 votes to qualify.

Good luck to all! Please ‘Like’ the Canadian Blog Awards Facebook Page to help spread the word about these great blogs!

Also feel free to enter FeeFixer.com’s contest for Free Starbucks for the Entire 2012 Work Year!

Round 1 Results

Best Overall
Corner Brooker – www.CornerBrooker.com (179 Votes)
The Toque Girls – ToqueGirls.com (146 Votes)
Mommy Kat and Kids – www.MommyKatandKids.com (140 Votes)
Rolling Around in my Head – davehingsburger.blogspot.com (82 Votes)
KD Faustino – TheGirlWiththeMessyHair.com (53 Votes)
Work It Out – alyveljidesigns.blogspot.com (51 Votes)

Best Science and Technology Blog
IPhone in Canada – www.iphoneincanada.ca (485 Votes)
Sync – www.Sync-Blog.com (173 Votes)
Mark Evans Tech – www.markevanstech.com (55 Votes)
Jon Arnold’s Analyst 2.0 Blog – jonarnold-analyst.blogspot.com (6 Votes)
HiSciFi – www.hiscifi.com (5 Votes)

Best Sports Blog
Rod Pedersen – www.RodPedersen.com (338 Votes)
5th Line Centre – 5thlinecentre.wordpress.com (58 Votes)
RotoRob – www.RotoRob.com (44 Votes)
Straight from the Arse – straightfromthearse.wordpress.com (35 Votes)
Rider Prophet – www.RiderProphet.com (30 Votes)

Best Blog Post
Sync – http://www.sync-blog.com/sync/2011/10/top-7-facebook-profile-pictures-that-epically-fail.html (104 Votes)
Calling Shotgun – http://ringkeeper.blogspot.com/2011/02/in-defense-of-coolth.html (41 Votes)
XOXO Jes – http://www.xoxojes.com/2011/09/dont-ask-me-again-why-i-hate-nickelback.html (37 Votes)
The Seated View – http://theseatedview.blogspot.com/2011/04/sensitive-to-d-word.html (27 Votes)
Half Soled Boots – http://halfsoledboots.blogspot.com/2011/09/peace-be-with-you.html (26 Votes)

Best New Blog
Mr. Fabulous – www.immrfabulous.com (80 Votes)
Binzento Vincente – BinzentoVincente.blogspot.com (43 Votes)
Masala Mommas – www.masalamommas.com (22 Votes)
The Fighting Newfoundlander – thefightingnews.wordpress.com (18 Votes)
Wagga Adventure – www.waggaadventure.com (11 Votes)

Best Personal Blog
Rolling Around in my Head – davehingsburger.blogspot.com (81 Votes)
The Girl with the Messy Hair – www.TheGirlWiththeMessyHair.com (48 Votes)
Sleeping is for Losers – www.SleepingisforLosers.com (43 Votes)
Girl with the Cane – www.GirlWithTheCane.com (38 Votes)
Cut the Chatter Red Two – www.CutTheChatter.com (34 Votes)

Best Blog about Art, Crafts, Cooking and Other Creative Activities
The Grumpy Goat Gallery – thegrumpygoatgallery.blogspot.com (157 Votes)
Project: Priceless – www.projectpriceless.blogpost.com (29 Votes)
Ali Does It Herself – alidoesit.wordpress.com (21 Votes)
Yarn Harlot – www.yarnharlot.ca (14 Votes)

Best Culture and Literature Blog
Pickle Me This – www.picklemethis.com (64 Votes)
Steampuk Scholar – steampunkscholar.blogspot.com (47 Votes)
Calling Shotgun – ringkeeper.blogspot.com (46 Votes)
Mike’s Bloggity Blog – mikesbloggityblog.com (6 Votes)
Praxis Theatre – praxistheatre.com (4 Votes)
ATP Insider – atpinsider.blogspot.com (4 Votes)

Best Political Blog
Sir Robert Bond Papers – BondPapers.blogspot.com (71 Votes)
The Fighting Newfoundlander – TheFightingNewf.Wordpress.com (43 Votes)
Dawg’s Blawg – drdawgsblawg.ca (22 Votes)
GritChik – gritchik.wordpress.com (16 Votes)
Impolitical – impolitical.blogspot.com (7 Votes)

Best Family Blog
Mommy Kat and Kids – www.mommykatandkids.com (150 Votes)
Papertrails Family Book Blog – PaperTrailsFamily.com (35 Votes)
masalamommas – www.masalamommas.com (23 Votes)
Urban Mommies – www.UrbanMommies.com (16 Votes)
Listen to Lena! – ListentoLena.com (16 Votes)

Best Religion and Philosophy Blog
Whatever He Says – WhateverHeSays.blogspot.com (39 Votes)
Taste and see… – momjeans80.blogspot.com (32 Votes)
Canadian Athiest – www.canadianathiest.com (22 Votes)
Bene Diction Blogs on – www.BenedictionBlogsOn.com (20 Votes)
Feminist Christian Socialist – feministchristian.blogspot.com (8 Votes)

Best Popular Culture Blog
XOXO Jes – www.XOXOJes.com (40 Votes)
All Ears – allearsblog.blogspot.com (8 Votes)
Life’s a Blog – www.LifesaBlog.ca (2 Votes)
Miss Manifesto – MissManifesto.com (2 Votes)

Best Feminism Blog
Gender Focus – gender-focus.com (57 Votes)
Morning Quickie – morningquickie.com (30 Votes)
DAMMIT JANET! – scathinglywrongrightwingnutz.blogspot.com (20 Votes)
Feminist Figure Girl – feministfiguregirl.com (15 Votes)
Anti-Choice is Anti-Awesome – antichoiceantiawesome.blogspot.com (11 Votes)

Best GBLT Blog
Slap Upside the Head – www.slapupsidethehead.com (60 Votes)
Really Deep Stuff – www.reallydeepstuff.com (24 Votes)
Screw Bronze – elizabethmcclung.blogspot.com (15 Votes)
Gay Persons of Color – gay-persons-of-color.blogspot.com (5 Votes)
Bi Married Mafia – bimarriedandhonest.blogspot.com (3 Votes)

Best Food and Drink Blog
EC’s Blog – Elspethcopeland.ca/index.php/ecs-blog (67 Votes)
Well Fed Flat Broke – emvandee.wordpress.com (66 Votes)
The Mindful Table – www.mindfultable.ca (30 Votes)
All Does It – alidoesit.wordpress.com (12 Votes)
As Ink Remains – asinkremains.com (11 Votes)

Best Humour Blog
XOXO Jes – www.XOXOJes.com (40 Votes)
Mr. Fabulous – www.immrfabulous.com (33 Votes)
Feminist Figure Girl – feministfiguregirl.com (9 Votes)
Let Freedom Rain – letfreedomrain.blogspot.com (3 Votes)

Best Professional Life Blog
On Product Management – www.OnProductManagement.com (8 Votes)
Public Relations for Social Changes – www.dvenn.com (3 Votes)
Your Workplace – www.YourWorkplace.com (2 Votes)
Design Ergomania – www.cklukas.com (2 Votes)

Best Law Blog
Youth and Work – youthandwork.blogspot.com (45 Votes)
Feminist Figure Girl – feministfiguregirl.com (3 Votes)
Halls of Macadamia – hallsofmacadamia.blogspot.com (2 Votes)

Best Health Blog
Screw Bronze! – elizabethmcclung.blogspot.com (16 Votes)
Losing it in Ottawa – www.losingitottawa.com (2 Votes)
Alfred Lives Here – www.alfredliveshere.com (2 Votes)

Best Collaborative/Multi-Author Blog
DAMMIT JANET! – scathinglywrongrightwingnutz.blogspot.com (10 Votes)
Canadian Atheist – CanadianAtheist.com (10 Votes)
On Product Management – www.onproductmanagement.net (5 Votes)
Sister Sage’s Musings – sistersagesmusings.ca (4 Votes)

Best Music Blog
All Ears – allearsblog.blogspot.com (11 Votes)
This Place In A Zoo – www.thestrokesupdates.com (2 Votes)
Indie Music Filter – www.indiemusicfilter.com (2 Votes)

Best French Language Blog
500khz – 500khz.wordpress.com (8 Votes)
Citizen Zoo – citizenzoo.wordpress.com (3 Votes)

The Final Round Begins! Here are the polls:

Best Overall

Best Science and Technology Blog

Best Blog about Art, Crafts, Cooking and Other Creative Activities

Best Culture and Literature Blog

Best Political Blog

Best Family Blog

Best Religion and Philosophy Blog

Best Popular Culture Blog

Best Feminism Blog

Best GBLT Blog

Best Food and Drink Blog

Best Humour Blog

Best Professional Life Blog

Best Law Blog

Best Health Blog

Best Collaborative/Multi-Author Blog

Best Music Blog

Best French Language Blog

- Jonathan Kleiman

2011 Nominees in Random Order

jkleiman — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 18:44:56 +0000

Here are all of the nominees so that you can check them out any time, and click straight to them (thanks to Sarah for the suggestion).

Now is our annual chance to show that Canadians do it better. Tweet this, Blog this, Share this, and spread the word about all of these great Canadian blogs! (and, if you haven’t already, don’t forget to VOTE!)

Best Blog about Art, Crafts, Cooking and Other Creative Activities

Fresh Bread – freshbreaddaily.ca
FoodFootball and a Baby – foodfootballandababy.blogspot.com
La Sculpteure – lasculpteure.wordpress.com
Project: Priceless – www.projectpriceless.blogpost.com
Born Electric – sixoceansapart.blogspot.com
Word Grrls – WordGrrls.com
ATP Insider – atpinsider.blogspot.com
L3 Lifestyle – l3living.blogspot.com
le blog de Pishier – pishier.blogspot.com
The Grumpy Goat Gallery – thegrumpygoatgallery.blogspot.com
Food. Music. Life – adamchiasson.blogspot.com
Yarn Harlot – www.yarnharlot.ca
THE INSPIRED AFRICAN – theinspiredafrican.blogspot.com
Island Girl Art Studio – IslandGirlArtStudio.blogspot.com
lifeovereasy – www.lifeovereasy.com
The Year Round Veggie Gardener – yearroundveggiegardener.blogspot.com
Rambling Renovators – ramblingrenovators.blogspot.com
Ali Does It Herself – alidoesit.wordpress.com

Best Blog Post

Have Baby Will Travel – http://havebabywilltravel.com/2011/08/18/klm-values-passenger-comfort-over-infant-safety/
Praxis Theatre – http://praxistheatre.com/2011/07/federal-cultural-policy-goes-pro-rain-anti-cloud/
The Seated View – http://theseatedview.blogspot.com/2011/04/sensitive-to-d-word.html
Project: Priceless Wedding – http://www.projectpriceless.blogspot.com
School for Thought – http://www.societyforqualityeducation.org/index.php/blog/read/the-truth-about-parent-councils/
Sync – http://www.sync-blog.com/sync/2011/10/top-7-facebook-profile-pictures-that-epically-fail.html
XOXO Jes – http://www.xoxojes.com/2011/09/dont-ask-me-again-why-i-hate-nickelback.html
Praxis Theatre – http://praxistheatre.com/2010/12/a-letter-from-a-leaf-fan-to-don-cherry/
Caraz Comment – http://carazcom.blogspot.com/2011/09/buzz-on-baconfest.html
On Product Management – http://onproductmanagement.net/2011/08/22/the-fine-line-between-strategy-and-fantasy/
Far Away – http://boivinartts.blogspot.com/2011_02_01_archive.html
Waggadventure – http://waggadventure.com/2011/06/04/tattoo-you/
Anti-Choice is Anti-Awesome – http://antichoiceantiawesome.blogspot.com/2011/07/letter-to-progressives.html
LakeatLarge – http://blogs.calgaryherald.com/2011/09/20/baconfest-need-i-say-more/
Half Soled Boots – http://halfsoledboots.blogspot.com/2011/09/peace-be-with-you.html
Calling Shotgun – http://ringkeeper.blogspot.com/2011/02/in-defense-of-coolth.html
Full Comment – http://fullcomment.nationalpost.com/2010/10/06/robyn-urback-facebooks-i-like-it-campaign-pointlessly-sexualizing-tragedy/

Best Collaborative/Multi-Author Blog

InScribe Writers Online – inscribewritersonline.blogspot.com
On Product Management – www.onproductmanagement.net
ATP Insider – atpinsider.blogspot.com
amotherworld – www.amotherworld.com
lifeovereasy – www.lifeovereasy.com
masalamommas – www.masalamommas.com
Sister Sage’s Musings – sistersagesmusings.ca
NorthumberlandView – NorthumberlandView.ca
Emeline and Annabelle – www.emelineandannabelle.com/news
Local Tourist Ottawa – localtouristottawa.com
Ironing Board Collective – ironingboardcollective.wordpress.com
Canadian Atheist – CanadianAtheist.com
The Little Red Umbrella – www.thelittleredumbrella.com
DAMMIT JANET! – scathinglywrongrightwingnutz.blogspot.com

Best Culture and Literature Blog

ATP Insider – atpinsider.blogspot.com
Papertrails Family Book Blog – papertrailsfamily.com
Praxis Theatre – praxistheatre.com
Calling Shotgun – ringkeeper.blogspot.com
Caraz Comment – carazcom.blogspot.com
Bruce Atchison’s Blog – bruceatchison.blogspot.com
The Charlebois Post – Canada – charpo-canada.blogspot.com
Steampuk Scholar – steampunkscholar.blogspot.com
Pickle Me This – www.picklemethis.com
The Charlebois Post – Montreal – charpo.blogspot.com
Mike’s Bloggity Blog – mikesbloggityblog.com
Dustbin Epitaph – ocanadianhistory.blogspot.com
Screw Bronze – elizabethmcclung.blogspot.com
Educhatter’s Blog – educhatter.wordpress.com
The Literary Blog of Amanda Earl – amandaearl.blogspot.com

Best Personal Blog

The House & Other Arctic Music – kiggavik.typepad.com
Straight from the Arse – straightfromthearse.wordpress.com
About Face – mrgross.wordpress.com
Faces by Farah – FacesByFarah.com
Country Living in a Cariboo Valley – CountryLivinginaCaribooValley.com
Bikini or Bust – www.BikiniorBust.com
Enough to Keep You… – jennashummoogum.blogspot.com
Sleeping is for Losers – www.SleepingisforLosers.com
Funnyface Beauty – FunnyFaceBeauty.com
Chameleonic – chameleonic.co
Serenity Snail – serenitysnail.blogspot.com
A Lighter Shade of Grey – gogreygirl.wordpress.com
The Inspired African – theinspiredafrican.blogspot.com
Cheaper than Therapy – www.Allmartell.com
Far Away – Travels with Autism – boivinartts.blogspot.com
As Ink Remains – AsInkRemains.com
Feminist Christian Socialist – feministchristian.blogspot.com
Waggadventure – waggadventure.com
Girl with the Cane – www.GirlWithTheCane.com
Paul Lau – paulau.wordpress.com
Rolling Around in my Head – davehingsburger.blogspot.com
Mama in the City – www.ApartmentBaby.com
The Koala Bear Writer – thekoalabearwriter.blogspot.com
Why Mother Eat Their Young – whymotherseattheiryoung.blogspot.com
Rich Chung – RichChung.com
Fab Brunette – www.FabBrunette.com
My Fight for Financial Freedom – fightforfinancialfreedom.blogspot.com
Bruce Atchison – bruceatchison.blogspot.com
Caraz Comment – carazcom.blogspot.com
Little Fashionisto – LittleFashionisto.com
The Girl with the Messy Hair – www.TheGirlWiththeMessyHair.com
Half Soled Boots – halfsoledboots.blogspot.com
EvilFlu – www.EvilFlu.com
Meli-Mello – www.Meli-Mello.com
Viewpoint 2010 – 2010viewpoint.blogspot.com
Cut the Chatter Red Two – www.CutTheChatter.com
Life on the Muskoka River – muskokariver.blogspot.com
Screw Bronze – elizavethmcclung.blogspot.com
Lottery Squirrel – LotterySquirrel.com

Best Family Blog

Pardon my Poppet – www.PardonmyPoppet.com
Papertrails Family Book Blog – PaperTrailsFamily.com
Lifestyle – www.whatsupfamilies.com/lifestyle
The Aventures of Matt, Kara, Hunter and Cavan in Faro, Yukon – wenttofaro.blogspot.com
Parent Club – www.ParentClub.ca
Feminist Christian Socialist – feministchristian.blogspot.com
Urban Mommies – www.UrbanMommies.com
Creating Little Monsters – creatinglittlemonsters.wordpress.com
Mommy Kat and Kids – www.mommykatandkids.com
masalamommas – www.masalamommas.com
Listen to Lena! – ListentoLena.com
School for Thought – www.societyforqualityeducation.org/index.php/blog
Rants ‘n’ Rascals – rantsnrascals.com
Canadian Coupon Mom – www.CanadianCouponMom.ca
Amotherworld – amotherworld.com
Cheaper Than Therapy – AliMartell.com
Have Baby Will Trave – HaveBabyWillTravel.com

Best Feminism Blog

Screw Bronze! – elizabethmcclung.blogspot.com
Maggie Gordon’s Blog – maggiegordon.wordpress.com
Womanist Musings – www.womanist-musings.com
DAMMIT JANET! – scathinglywrongrightwingnutz.blogspot.com
Feminist Christian Blogger – feministchristian.blogspot.com
Unrepentant Old Hippie – unrepentantoldhippie.wordpress.com
Morning Quickie – morningquickie.com
Gritchik – gritchik.wordpress.com
Gender Focus – gender-focus.com
Anti-Choice is Anti-Awesome – antichoiceantiawesome.blogspot.com
Feminist Figure Girl – feministfiguregirl.com

Best Food and Drink Blog

私立平成草薙学園 – celtsenya.wordpress.com
Bakeaholic – www.bakeaholic.ca
All Does It – alidoesit.wordpress.com
The Endless Meal – www.theendlessmeal.com
Radiantly Raw Recipes – www.sproutinggoodness.com/_blog/Recipes
Vancouver Foodster – vancouverfoodster.com
The Hungry Hobbit Foodie Blog – thehungryhobbit.com
Oh She Glows – ohsheglows.com
LifeOverEasy – www.LifeOverEasy.com
The Kitchen Magpie – thekitchenmagpie.com
The Mindful Table – www.mindfultable.ca
Stout Man in a Bitter World – stoutmaninabitterworld.blogspot.com
Sincerely, Scratch xoxo – sincerelyscratchxoxo.blogspot.com
As Ink Remains – asinkremains.com
The Proof is in – www.proofbrands.net
Dinner with Julie – dinnerwithjulie.com
Well Fed Flat Broke – emvandee.wordpress.com
Mmm… is for Mommy! – www.mmmisformommy.com
EC’s Blog – Elspethcopeland.ca/index.php/ecs-blog
Best Mom on the Block – thebestmomontheblock.blogspot.com

Best French Language Blog

Le Blog de Pishier – pishier.blogspot.com
500khz – 500khz.wordpress.com
Citizen Zoo – citizenzoo.wordpress.com

Best GBLT Blog

Bi Married Mafia – bimarriedandhonest.blogspot.com
Really Deep Stuff – www.reallydeepstuff.com
Slap Upside the Head – www.slapupsidethehead.com
Alfred Lives Here – www.alfredliveshere.com
Screw Bronze – elizabethmcclung.blogspot.com
Gay Persons of Color – gay-persons-of-color.blogspot.com

Best Health Blog

Screw Bronze! – elizabethmcclung.blogspot.com
Losing it in Ottawa – www.losingitottawa.com
Alfred Lives Here – www.alfredliveshere.com
Bikini or Bust – www.bikiniorbust.com
Sprouting Goodness – www.sproutinggoodness.com/_blog/Sprouting_Goodness
Everything Comes from Now – everythingcomesfromnow.blogspot.com

Best Humour Blog

Creating Little Monsters – creatinglittlemonsters.wordpress.com
Mr. Fabulous – www.immrfabulous.com
Meet My Ugly Baby – www.meetmyuglybaby.com
The O Dot – the-o-dot.blogspot.com
Let Freedom Rain – letfreedomrain.blogspot.com
Cheaper Than Therapy – www.alimartell.com
Just Making Convo – justmakingconvo.com
Coffee & Zombie Movies – domestica79.blogspot.com
The Northern Star – www.northernstar-online.com/blog
XOXO Jes – www.XOXOJes.com
Feminist Figure Girl – feministfiguregirl.com
Halls of Macadamia – hallsofmacadamia.blogspot.com

Best Law Blog

Halls of Macadamia – hallsofmacadamia.blogspot.com
Youth and Work – youthandwork.blogspot.com
Feminist Figure Girl – feministfiguregirl.com

Best Music Blog

This Place In A Zoo – www.thestrokesupdates.com
Indie Music Filter – www.indiemusicfilter.com
All Ears – allearsblog.blogspot.com
Under the Pink – roogoyle.wordpress.com

Best New Blog

The Dog Park – thedogpark.wordpress.com
Better Decorating Bible – www.betterdecoratingbible.com
Keeping a Watchful Eye – www.canadianconservatism.com
Canada Freebies Eh – canadafreebieseh.blogspot.com
Waggadventure – www.waggadventure.com
The Book of Daniel – www.deedoug.com
Food: Je t’Aimee – www.foodjetaimee.blogspot.com
Mommy Kat and Kids – www.mommykatandkids.com
East Coast Mommy – eastcoastmommyblog.blogspot.com
Mmm… is for Mommy! – www.mmmisformommy.com
Creating Little Monsters – creatinglittlemonsters.wordpress.com
Masala Mommas – www.masalamommas.com
Conversations with Myself – www.syndenial.com
The Fighting Newfoundlander – thefightingnews.wordpress.com
This Place is a Zoo – www.thestrokesupdates.com
GritChik – gritchik.wordpress.com
Car-Free Vancouver – CarFreeVancouver.com
Tawny. Just Tawny. – www.justtawny.blogspot.com
Ol’ Roy Records – olroyrecords.com
Fresh Savings Canada – www.freshsavings.ca
Fashion Studio – www.fashionstudiomagazine.com
LifeOverEasy – www.LifeOverEasy.com
Binzento Vincente – BinzentoVincente.blogspot.com
The Positive Power of Writing – carolmarlenesmith.blogspot.com
Fresh Bread – www.freshbreaddaily.ca
Dustbin Epitaph – ocanadianhistory.blogspot.com
Sprouting Goodness – www.sproutinggoodness.com/_blog/Sprouting_Goodness
Imagine Wedding and Event Planning – imagine-weddings.blogspot.com
The Top 7 – thetop7.netThe Girl with the Messy Hair – www.thegirlwiththemessyhair.com
The Inspired African – theinspiredafrican.blogspot.com
Roughing it in the Books – www.roughingitinthebooks.ca
Mr. Fabulous – www.immrfabulous.com
In The Spotlight – traviskaye.blogspot.com

Best Overall

Anti-Choice is Anti-Awsome – antichoiceantiawesome.blogspot.com
School for Thought – www.societyforqualityeducation.org/index.php/blog
Chris Lake: Adventures in Calgary – blogs.calgaryherald.com/author/chrislake1
Projet Priceless – projectpriceless.blogspot.com
alyveljidesigns – alyveljidesigns.blogspot.com
On Product Management – OnProductManagement.net
Bruce Atchison’s Blog – bruceatchison.blogspot.com
Mmm… is for Mommy! – www.mmmisformommy.com
Life Over Easy – LifeOverEasy.com
The Freelance Writing Blog – www.FreelanceWritingBlog.com
Flying a Kite – www.AmyFlyingaKite.com
Hockey Mom in Canada – www.HockeyMominCanada.com
The Sir Robert Bond Papers – bondpapers.blogspot.com
Educhatter’s Blog – educhatter.wordpress.com
Kitchen Scraps – KitchenScraps.ca
Corner Brooker – www.CornerBrooker.com
Mommy Kat and Kids – www.MommyKatandKids.com
Have Baby Will Travel – HaveBabyWillTravel.com
Canadian Athiest – CanadianAthiest.com
Papertrails Family Book Blog – PaperTrailsFamily.com
It Seemed like a Good Idea at the Time – bruceatchison.blogspot.com
MindThis – MindThis.caKD Faustino – TheGirlWiththeMessyHair.com
ATP Insider – atpinsider.blogspot.com
Caraz Comment – carazcom.blogspot.com
Rolling Around in my Head – davehingsburger.blogspot.com
My Roadtrip to Awesome – web.me.com/melmerwin/My_Roadtrip_to_Awesome/Blog/Blog.html
The Toque Girls – ToqueGirls.com
Rod Pedersen – www.RodPederson.com
HiSciFi – www.HiSciFi.com
XOXO Jes – xoxojes.com
Cheaper Than Therapy – www.AllMartell.com
Waggadventure – waggadventure.com
As Ink Remains – asinkremains.com
Gossip Fairley – thegossipfairley.wordpress.com
Kitty Lovett Cafe – misskittylovett.wordpress.com
Work It Out – alyveljidesigns.blogspot.com
Student Hubble – www.StudentHubble.com
Hi, I’m Sadie Shih Tzu – SadieShihtzu.com
All Does It – alldoesit.wordpress.com
Dammit Janet – scathinglywrongrightwingnutz.blogspot.com
Bikini or Bust – www.BikiniorBust.com
Praxis Theatre – PraxisTheatre.com
Sync – www.Sync-Blog.com
Screw Bronze – elizabethmcclung.blogspot.com
Feminist Figure Girl – FeministFigureGirl.com
Straight from the Arse – straightfromthearse.wordpress.com

Best Political Blog

Blazing Cat Fur – BlazingCatFur.blogspot.com
Terahertz – terahertzathiest.ca
Alison at Creekside – creekside1.blogspot.com
Dawg’s Blawg – drdawgsblawg.ca
Calgary Liberal – www.CalgaryLiberal.com
Compassion in Action – InspiringYouToThink.blogspot.com
Edwin Current – EdwinCurrent.blogspot.com
Sir Robert Bong Papers – BondPapers.blogspot.com
Keeping a Watchful Eye – www.CanadianConservatism.com
Impolitical – impolitical.blogspot.com
Pushed to the Left and Loving It – PushedLeft.blogspot.com
Educhatter’s Blog – educhatter.wordpress.com
Half Soled Boots – halfsoledboots.blogspot.com
GritChik – gritchik.wordpress.com
The Fighting Newfoundlander – TheFightingNewf.Wordpress.com
Whimsley – whimsley.typepad.com
Caraz Comment – carazcom.blogspot.com
Demarchy – Demarchy.Tumblr.com
Progressive Proselytizing – progressiveproselytizing.blogspot.com

Best Popular Culture Blog

Life’s a Blog – www.LifesaBlog.ca
XOXO Jes – www.XOXOJes.com
Criticize This! – www.CriticizeThis.ca
All Ears – allearsblog.blogspot.com
ATP Insider – atpinsider.blogspot.com
Gossip Fairley – thegossipfairley.wordpress.com
Miss Manifesto – MissManifesto.com
Caraz Comment – carazcom.blogspot.com
HiSciFi – www.HiSciFi.com

Best Religion and Philosophy Blog

Bene Diction Blogs on – www.BenedictionBlogsOn.com
Canadian Athiest – www.canadianathiest.com
That Resource Site- catholic.thatresourcesite.com
Whatever He Says – WhateverHeSays.blogspot.com
Taste and see… – momjeans80.blogspot.com
Caraz Comment – carazcom.blogspot.com
Feminist Christian Socialist – feministchristian.blogspot.com

Best Professional Life Blog

On Product Management – www.OnProductManagement.com
Design Ergomania – www.cklukas.com
Faces by Farah – www.FacesbyFarah.com
Public Relations for Social Changes – www.dvenn.com
Your Workplace – www.YourWorkplace.com

Best Science and Technology Blog

Sync – www.Sync-Blog.com
Mark Evans Tech – www.markevanstech.com
Jon Arnold’s Analyst 2.0 Blog – jonarnold-analyst.blogspot.com
Telecom Trends – mhgoldberg.com/blog
CMS Critic – www.cmscritic.com
IPhone in Canada – www.iphoneincanada.ca
HiSciFi – www.hiscifi.com

Best Sports Blog

Rod Pedersen – www.RodPedersen.com
Straight from the Arse – www.StraightFromTheArse.com
Bikini or Bust – www.BikiniorBust.com
5th Line Centre – 5thlinecentre.wordpress.com
RotoRob – www.RotoRob.com
Rider Prophet – www.RiderProphet.com
Hockey Rants – www.HockeyRants.ca

Cheers,
Jonathan Kleiman
FeeFixer.com – B2B Daily Deals

The Voting has Begun for the 2011 Canadian Blog Awards! (this year with Prizes!)

jkleiman — Sun, 13 Nov 2011 16:07:37 +0000

The polls are up for this year’s awards, and we need your votes!

Learn about the great blogs that Canada has to offer, and vote for your favourite. Take the extra time to check out the categories that you wouldn’t normally check.

Don’t just go by design. Read an article or two and get a feeling for who really deserves your vote (although design may be an important factor for you. It’s your vote to use as you wish).

Share all of the categories’ polls on your own blog, not just your own category. Encourage your readers to find new blogs in new categories. We’re building community.

This year FeeFixer.com has agreed to provide prizes of $100 worth of “FeeFixer Bucks” to the winner of each category. FeeFixer provides deals for businesses and you, and connects small businesses together from within its large B2B network.

Also, everybody has a chance to win a $200 gift card to Tim Hortons by registering at FeeFixer.com (enter referrer: Awards). The random drawing will be held on January 1st, 2012. Warm up your holidays with a treat from FeeFixer.com!

The voting begins immediately and will end on December 24th at 12:00am. After this round, the top 5 from each category will move onto the final round of voting.

Here are the polls. Share them!

Best Blog Post

Best Blog about Art, Crafts, Cooking and Other Creative Activities

Best Collaborative/Multi-Author Blog

Best Culture and Literature Blog

Best Family Blog

Best Feminism Blog

Best Food and Drink Blog

Best French Language Blog

Best Popular Culture Blog

Best Religion and Philosophy Blog

Best Professional Life Blog

Best Science and Technology Blog

Best Sports Blog

- Jonathan Kleiman

It’s nomination time!

jkleiman — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 21:45:40 +0000

We simply don’t have enough nominations yet to have a fair contest. A ton of last years nominees have not been nominated.

Let’s make this a fair competition! Spread the word, and nominate your favourite blogs in the form in the post below!

We’ll begin when the number of nominations looks more like what we got last year.

- Jonathan Kleiman
FeeFixer.com

2011 Canadian Blog Award Nominations – The Time Has Come!

jkleiman — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 16:27:31 +0000

The time has finally come for nominations for the 2011 Canadian Blog Awards. We’re all really excited to get moving, and to see what new blogs come out this year. Nominations will end October 31st, leaving us over a month to make sure that everybody gets to nominate who they want. Every year in the past there have been a number of blogs who miss the boat, so let’s all do our best to spread the word and nominate worthy blogs.

Use this form to nominate your favourite Canadian blog.

If you have any questions or comments about the CBA’s, include them in the comments section of your nomination form. Remember, not everybody checks this page for updates, so please remind your readers to nominate!

Special thanks to FeeFixer.com for sponsoring this competition. FeeFixer.com brokers deals between businesses to help provide deep savings between its members, and is launching Deals for Businesses online in the GTA very shortly. Sign up for exclusive deals here.

Thanks, and Good Luck!

Jonathan Kleiman

A Word from the Administration

jkleiman — Sat, 30 Oct 2010 15:54:31 +0000

Once again, a word from the Adminstration:

The 2010 blog awards have come to an end, and yet again we’re left with a renewed sense that Canadians will lead the charge towards quality independent writing in the years to come.

The Canadian Blog Awards are always a friendly competition, but a number of us have noticed that there was a stronger sense of camaraderie this year than ever before. This group is coming together, year by year, and in the decades to come will only grow in importance as a beacon of Canadian independence in a world where media and journalism are all too often shaped by the wrong people.

While the broader categories such as best blog (#1 #2 #3), best blog post (#1 #2 #3) and best collaborative blog (#1 #2 #3) often receive the most attention, we’ve had the opportunity to find new blogs (#1 #2 #3) in great niche categories, some of which are new to the Canadian Blog Awards such as best chronic illness blog (#1 #2 #3) and best feminism blog (#1 #2 #3).

We’ve seen blogs about art (#1 #2 #3), music (#1 #2 #3), pop culture (#1 #2 #3), culture and literature (#1 #2 #3), humour (#1 #2 #3) and food (#1 #2 #3) that have changed the way we experience the world. Canadians have shared their views with us, whether professional (#1 #2 #3) or as personal (#1 #2 #3) as family life (#1 #2 #3), from religion (#1 #2 #3) and politics (#1 #2 #3) to sports (#1 #2 #3) and science and technology (#1 #2 #3). Even the lawyers (#1 #2 #3) are getting involved. And let’s not forget about our Francophone friends (#1 #2 #3).
(nominees are listed here)

We also saw Slap Upside the Head grab a win for its 3rd year in a row in GBLT (#1 #2)!

My volunteer team dwindled quite heavily this year, and a lot of work fell on very few shoulders. I’d like to thank Omar Ha-Redeye and Garry Wise for their support and valuable feedback through the awards. As lawyers, there are many ways we can donate our time to benefit an organization or community that is important to us, and the Canadian blogosphere is a worthy group. I’d also like to thank Fern Hill for fighting vigilantly to return the Feminism category to the Blog Awards.

The Canadian blogosphere is still in its infancy, and the more we work to create a cohesive group, the more we will all benefit, readers and bloggers alike.

We’ve read your e-mails, and we have been working on giving the community what it needs. That is, we have decided to hold our first Canadian Blog Awards meet-up! There will be awards, presentations, snacks and more! Next year, there will be a proper decision making structure for the awards and for this community. Next year, there will be an org chart.
Contact me at topblogs.ca [@] gmail [.] com to be notified about details and to join the team.

Yours,
Jonathan Kleiman